Police in Winnipeg say a child has died after falling from a window on the 19th floor of a building. It happened Monday in the city's downtown.
The child was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. Police say its child abuse unit has determined the fall was accidental.
There have been no arrests. Police say they can't provide further details about the child.
Hikes to oil production and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, a report published Thursday by a leading policy institute found, though the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions. The new estimates from the Canadian Climate Institute show Canada cut emissions by about 0.8 cent last year compared to 2022, or eight per cent since 2005.
A senior Green Party official says "the bad guys are always a step ahead" when it comes to meddling in the Canadian political process. Jon Irwin, the party's interim executive director, told a federal inquiry today the ideal tactic for a foreign country would be working to get someone in a "position of power" within a Canadian political party.
Police in New Westminster say officers may have uncovered an identity-fraud operation during an unrelated call to an Uptown home. Police say officers were called to the residence on September 11th, then discovered items believed to be linked to identity fraud.
Police in Langley say one person is dead in an early morning crash between a car and a motorcycle on Highway 1. Mounties say their initial investigation indicates both vehicles were travelling east when they collided shortly before 4:20 a.m. near 240 Street on the highway.
Five former Canadian ambassadors to the United States have signed an open letter calling on Ottawa to adopt a plan to deepen co-operation with its closest neighbour, saying Canada needs a strategy reboot at a time of geopolitical turmoil. The plan to develop closer international ties in key sectors was laid out in a report from the Public Policy Forum, a non-profit group that brings together experts to advise on significant policy issues.
Conservatives are denying any association with protesters who harassed Jagmeet Singh, among others, outside of Parliament Hill this week after Liberal ministers accused them of lending their support. A video circulated online Tuesday showing two men following the NDP leader, as one of them appears to call him a "corrupted bastard."